North Dakota Game and Fish Department harvest statistics show overall success for the 2025 season was 100% for bighorn sheep, 87% for moose and 62% for elk.

Bighorn Sheep

The Department issued eight bighorn sheep licenses, one of which was an auction license. The Three Affiliated Tribes Fish and Wildlife issued two licenses in 2025, one to a tribal member and one to a Game and Fish Department applicant. All 10 hunters were successful.

Moose

The Department issued 292 moose licenses last year. Of that total, 281 hunters harvested 245 animals – 147 bulls and 98 cows/calves. Harvest for each unit follows:

Elk

The Department issued 1,021 elk licenses last year. Of that total, 929 hunters harvested 576 elk – 280 bulls and 296 cows/calves. Harvest for each until follows:

Elk, moose and bighorn sheep applications are available online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. The application deadline is March 25.

A total of 1,062 elk licenses are available to hunters this fall, an increase of 102 from last year.

A total of 296 moose licenses are available, which remains the same as last year.

A bighorn sheep hunting season is tentatively scheduled for 2026, depending on the sheep population. The status of the bighorn sheep season will be determined Sept. 1, after summer population surveys.

Bighorn sheep applicants must apply for a license at the same time as moose and elk, but not for a specific unit. Once total licenses are determined for each unit in late summer, the bighorn lottery will be held and successful applicants will be contacted to select a hunting unit.

Because the bighorn sheep application fee is not refundable as per state law, if a bighorn season is not held, applicants would not receive a refund.

Elk, moose and bighorn sheep lottery licenses are issued as once-in-a-lifetime licenses in North Dakota. Hunters who have received a license through the lottery are not eligible to apply for that species again.

A new coyote hunting and trapping season designed to address interspecies conflict and overabundance of the animals in Michigan will run for more than seven months starting next week.

The statewide coyote management season, approved earlier this year by the Natural Resources Commission, is open March 2 through Oct. 14.

Here’s what you need to know:

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If you found yourself tagless after the 2026 pronghorn and elk draw, have we got a deal for you! Conservation First USA is holding its Big Game Super Draw where tickets to hunt pronghorn and elk for 365 days are only $10 per species. The best part: There is no limit to the number of tickets you can purchase.

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Here’s the breakdown of this year’s opportunities:

Three winners each for the following hunt permit-tags:

• • Bighorn sheep (2 desert sheep and 1 Rocky Mountain)
  • Bison (1 Kaibab, 1 Raymond, 1 House Rock)
  • Elk
  • Pronghorn

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A new coyote hunting and trapping season designed to address interspecies conflict and overabundance of the animals in Michigan will run for more than seven months starting next week. The statewide coyote management season, approved earlier this year by the Natural Resources Commission, is open March 2 through Oct. 14. Here’s what you need to know:

• Coyote hunting is allowed on private and public lands, with some restrictions.
• Coyote trapping is prohibited on public lands and commercial forest lands open to general public hunting during the management season.
• The take of coyotes is prohibited in state parks and recreation areas from April 1 to Sept. 14.
• Current hunting and trapping methods are allowed, except nonlethal cable restraints, which are prohibited.
• Coyote hunting with dogs is prohibited April 16 to July 7.
• All other applicable hunting and trapping season regulations must be followed, including trap-check requirements.

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is expanding its eHarvest digital tagging system to include most species that require a kill tag, offering a modern and convenient alternative to traditional paper tags for hunters across the state.

Beginning with the 2026 license year, hunters harvesting deer, turkey, bear, bobcat, otter, fisher and marten will have the option to tag harvested animals digitally through the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish mobile app. The digital tagging expansion follows successful pilot programs for turkey eHarvest tagging in 2024 and 2025 and represents another step in Michigan’s effort to modernize hunting services and improve customer convenience.

Hunters should ensure they have the most recent version of the app to take advantage of the new eHarvest tags. The DNR recommends going to the app store on their device and searching for Michigan DNR Hunt Fish – if the app store indicates “get” or “install,” they will need to download the new version.

Digital eHarvest tags are optional. Traditional paper tags will continue to be available through eLicense and at retail agents for hunters who prefer them.

Kill tags purchased through the app will be digital eHarvest tags, and those purchased via eLicense or at a retail agent will be traditional paper tags. Read more

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